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Multiple language versions made in Babelsberg : Ufa's international strategy, 1929-1939 / Chris Wahl ; translated from the German by Steve Wilder.
Van Pelt Library PN1999.U35 W335 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wahl, Chris, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Framing Film
- Standardized Title:
- Sprachversionsfilme aus Babelsberg. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- UFA (Firm)--History.
- UFA (Firm).
- Motion pictures and language--Germany--History.
- Motion pictures and language.
- Dubbing of motion pictures--Germany--History.
- Dubbing of motion pictures.
- History.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Versions: Original, Copies and Versions 17
- Film Versions 21
- 2 Multiple-Language-Version Films 37
- Work on and Screening of Foreign-Language Fiction Films 37
- The Multiple-Language-Version Method: Europe 49
- The Multiple-Language-Version Method: Us 59
- Film Europe 64
- Excursus: Alternate-Language Versions in Other Media 69
- 3 Ufa Multiple-Language-Version Films, 1929-1932 73
- The Beginnings 73
- The Fate of English-Language Productions 90
- Commissioned Productions 101
- Hungary, Once Again 106
- The French Versions 112
- The Stars' Voices and the Actors' Languages 134
- Sound Operettas and the Music Industry 143
- Global Understanding and Local Appeal 149
- 4 Ufa Multiple-Language-Version Films, 1933-1936 171
- Versions for the Netherlands 171
- And Great Britain Once Again: Schwarze Rosen 174
- After 30 January 1933 181
- 5 Ufa Multiple-Language-Version Films, 1937-1939 217
- Unfulfilled Projects 217
- Why Ufa Made a Spanish Version After Ail 220
- Excursus: La niña de tus ojos and Polyglot Film 238
- Harvey, Once Again: A Coproduction with Italy 243
- 6 Remakes 249
- Multiple-language Version or Remake? 249
- Ufa Remakes in the 1950s 254
- Excursus: Variation of Motifs as Genre Quotes 258
- Case Study: Viktor und Viktoria 262.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-393), filmography (pages 395-429) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9089646337
- 9789089646330
- OCLC:
- 871670975
- Publisher Number:
- 99966212389
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